Patrice Bergeron admitted the Bruins got away with one on Saturday.

Leading by two goals three on three different occasions, the Flyers scored twice in the final seven minutes to force overtime.

Then Marc Savard came to the rescue with his game-winner in overtime and the Bruins lead the best-of-seven series, 1-0.

But that doesn’t erase the fact that the Bruins couldn’t put away a short-handed Flyers team without stars Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne and enforcer Ian Laperriere.

“The overtime was huge,” Bergeron said. “After getting up the way we did, we couldn’t lose that game.

“Obviously, we didn’t come out the way we wanted to in the third period. We let them back in the game and we weren’t very happy about that. We had to come out strong because they are a good team, they are tough to play against and I thought the first couple of shifts set the tone for the overtime there.”

The Bruins wound up outshooting the Flyers 15-4 in overtime and it finally paid off.

“We were staying patient and staying confident that we could do it,” Bergeron said. “Obviously, we had a lot of chances. Sometimes it can hurt you when you don’t score, but we were staying positive and confident that we could get it done.”